Welcome to the Monroe County, Pennsylvania Genealogical Research site.
This site is intended as an aid to the Monroe County, PA family
history researcher. You are welcome to contribute any information you may
have from the area to share with other researchers. Please contact
n4zud@aol.com to do so.

Monroe County, Pennsylvania was formed from
Pike & Northampton
counties on April 1, 1836. The county was named in honor of James Monroe, fifth
President of the United States.

Monroe's county seat is located
in Stroudsburg, incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1815, and
named for Colonel Jacob Stroud, a settler. He built a home for his son, which
has been restored and now operates as a museum by the Monroe County Historical
Association at the intersection of Ninth Street and Main Street.

The county clerk has marriage records from 1885, divorce
records from 1844, and probate and civil court records from 1836.